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Councilor Zelenka indicated he would be offering an amendment after Councilor Bettman’s amendment was voted on. He did not think that a basement that was unimproved in any way should be counted in the FAR. He thought that if the basement was improved into retail or office spaces or underground parking it should be counted. Roll call vote; the motion to amend failed, 6:2; councilors Bettman and Taylor voting in fa- vor. Councilor Zelenka, seconded by Councilor Bettman, moved to amend the ordinance to un- delete what had been deleted in Section 1, and to undelete what was deleted in Section 3(d) under 9.4530 and to include the words ‘and underground parking.’ Roll call vote; the mo- tion to amend passed, 5:3; councilors Poling, Clark, and Solomon voting in opposition. Councilor Clark, seconded by Councilor Poling, called for the question. Councilor Bettman said she had issues; there were some portions of the ordinance she could support and some portions she could not support. She opposed calling the question. Roll call vote; the vote on calling the question was a tie, 4:4; councilors Pryor, Solomon, Clark and Poling voting in favor and councilors Taylor, Ortiz, Bettman, and Zelenka voting in opposition. Mayor Piercy voted in opposition and the motion failed. Councilor Bettman, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved to delete the proposed change to EC 9.2161(5) in Section 2 of the Ordinance to retain the last sentence of that subsection. Councilor Bettman averred that without this amendment people would have an incentive to tear down buildings and develop surface parking lots. Roll call vote; the vote on the amendment was a tie, 4:4; councilors Taylor, Ortiz, Bettman, and Zelenka voting in favor and councilors Pryor, Solomon, Clark and Poling voting in op- position. Mayor Piercy voted in favor and the amendment passed. Councilor Bettman, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved to delete the proposed changes to EC 9.4530(3)(a) in Section 3 of the Ordinance that reduce the FAR from 1.0 to 0.65 and delete the references to Map 9.4510 and Figure 9.4530(3) in Section 4 of the Ordinance. Councilor Bettman remarked that this affected a specific boundary with the Transit-oriented District, TD/ Zone. She felt that without her amendment the code changes would allow lower-density single-floor development in the urban core. She said this had been cited in a letter from the Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD), which had called this “suburban development densities in an urban environment.” She averred that they had a limited amount of land in the urban core and could not afford not to have it developed as densely as possible. She felt her amendment would help the urban core meet the City’s sustainability goals, land use goals, and growth management policy goals. Councilor Zelenka asked Ms. Laurence to respond to the letter from DLCD. Ms. Laurence stated that staff had conversed with DLCD and pointed out areas in which their letter was not correct. She noted that DLCD did not have regulations regarding what the City had to have as a certain FAR, though they wanted the City to comply with growth management goals. She clarified that this change applied to the area outside the MINUTES—Eugene City Council July 14, 2008 Page 14 Regular Meeting